Santa Cruz Fourth Annual Shrine Club Polack Bros. Circus Official Program And Magazine
A 1951 program presenting photographs and articles of many of the starring acts of the year. Also including an opening page by the sponsor, the Shriners Club of Santa Cruz; opening in the middle to a two-page program of events; and a milieu of local advertisements of the 1950s.
Club members: Harry Dann, W T Brookman / Bill Brookman, Clarence Tucker, R S Brown, Joseph L Tedrowe, Edward Jackson, Gus Wahlberg, Fred De Lucci, Bruce Hoque, L Garrett Hanby, Ludwig Sterner, Bert Jacobs, Dr R B Stevens, Bob Schiebe, Harry Kaiser, Harry Barrington, Guy Jarrett, Chester Smith, Jack Reid, Loren Johnson, Harry Worley, Don Spear, William Willits, S H Nelson, Charles Pennell, Frank Fleisig, Fred P Hauck
Performer notables: Don Dorsey, acrobats / acrobatics, gymnastics, Melitta and Wicons, Curt Bokvist, perch act, Juan Ibarra, Vincente Ibarra, Ignacio Ibarra, Ibarra Brothers, Claude Crumley, Jeanne McDonnell, Jet, Bluffie, Arwoods' Acro K-9 Antics, unicycles / unicycling, Emil Goetschi, Hans Goetschi, Carl Goetschi, Goetschi Brothers, Chester Sherman, Gene Randow, George Georgetto, Dennis Stevens, Henry Boers, Victor Georgetto, Herta Clauson, Walter Clauson, Maria Clauson, Kathia, Oakie, Sherry, Brandy, Maya, Malayan sun bear, Wally Newbury, Arthur Springer, Bee Carsey, Henry Paulsen, aerialism / aerialists, flying act, Nine Ward-Bell Flyers, Harold Ward, Gus Bell, Betty Bell, Tom Mix Circus, Millie Keathley, Eddie Ward Jr, Dotty Ward, Bob Porter, Jack Harris, Walter Long, Albert Ostermaier's Horses, Dr Herman Ostermaier, 95th Gun Battalion, Emperor Conversano Neopolitano, Lippizan stallion, Ernestine Clarke, The Genius, Jack Joyce, Ike Rose, Joe Sherman, Jennie Mandos, Marguerite Mandos, tooth suspension, Sikorska, Ploetz Larella, Orpheum vaudeville, terpsichore, Hargus Troupe, Joyce's Trained Camels, Sing Lee, Francis Brunn, juggling / jugglers, Pack's Baby Elephants, Peggy MacDonald, Mack MacDonald, Mandos Sisters, Goldilocks and the Bears, Ernie Wiswell / Count Ernesto Wiswell, Armand's Seals, Kilted Caprices, Battle of the Bells
Club members: Harry Dann, W T Brookman / Bill Brookman, Clarence Tucker, R S Brown, Joseph L Tedrowe, Edward Jackson, Gus Wahlberg, Fred De Lucci, Bruce Hoque, L Garrett Hanby, Ludwig Sterner, Bert Jacobs, Dr R B Stevens, Bob Schiebe, Harry Kaiser, Harry Barrington, Guy Jarrett, Chester Smith, Jack Reid, Loren Johnson, Harry Worley, Don Spear, William Willits, S H Nelson, Charles Pennell, Frank Fleisig, Fred P Hauck
Performer notables: Don Dorsey, acrobats / acrobatics, gymnastics, Melitta and Wicons, Curt Bokvist, perch act, Juan Ibarra, Vincente Ibarra, Ignacio Ibarra, Ibarra Brothers, Claude Crumley, Jeanne McDonnell, Jet, Bluffie, Arwoods' Acro K-9 Antics, unicycles / unicycling, Emil Goetschi, Hans Goetschi, Carl Goetschi, Goetschi Brothers, Chester Sherman, Gene Randow, George Georgetto, Dennis Stevens, Henry Boers, Victor Georgetto, Herta Clauson, Walter Clauson, Maria Clauson, Kathia, Oakie, Sherry, Brandy, Maya, Malayan sun bear, Wally Newbury, Arthur Springer, Bee Carsey, Henry Paulsen, aerialism / aerialists, flying act, Nine Ward-Bell Flyers, Harold Ward, Gus Bell, Betty Bell, Tom Mix Circus, Millie Keathley, Eddie Ward Jr, Dotty Ward, Bob Porter, Jack Harris, Walter Long, Albert Ostermaier's Horses, Dr Herman Ostermaier, 95th Gun Battalion, Emperor Conversano Neopolitano, Lippizan stallion, Ernestine Clarke, The Genius, Jack Joyce, Ike Rose, Joe Sherman, Jennie Mandos, Marguerite Mandos, tooth suspension, Sikorska, Ploetz Larella, Orpheum vaudeville, terpsichore, Hargus Troupe, Joyce's Trained Camels, Sing Lee, Francis Brunn, juggling / jugglers, Pack's Baby Elephants, Peggy MacDonald, Mack MacDonald, Mandos Sisters, Goldilocks and the Bears, Ernie Wiswell / Count Ernesto Wiswell, Armand's Seals, Kilted Caprices, Battle of the Bells
Source:
Santa Cruz Shrine Club
Date: 1951
Type:
PROGRAM; BOOKLET; MAGAZINE; PHOTO; ADVERTISEMENT; ARTICLE
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- 1950s
- Civic Auditorium
- Circuses
- Events
- Clubs
- Swedish
- Mexican
- Austrian
- Austrian American
- Chinese
- Swiss
- Latino American
- Chicano
- Belgian
- Scottish American
- Scottish
- Music
- Racism
- Comedy
- Nuclear
- Dogs
- Horses
- Bears
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-CIRCUSES-08
Collection
Citation
Fishback, Glen. “Santa Cruz Fourth Annual Shrine Club Polack Bros. Circus Official Program And Magazine.” Santa Cruz Shrine Club. 1951. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/140541. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
